Vehicle-reach coupling.



N0. 645,530. 7 Patented Mar. I3, I900.

' D. J. MARSTUN.

VEHICLE REACH COUPLING.

(Application filed Jan. 6, 90

Wm Tiff/5 M NITED STATES PATET Fries.

DUDLEY JEFFERSON MARSTON, OF AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO THE AMESBURY PNEUMATIC GEAR COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

VEHICLE-REACH COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,530, dated March13, 1900.

Application filed January 6; 1900. Serial No. 609. (N model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DUDLEY JEFFERSON MARsToN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Amesbury, in the county of Essex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVehicle-Reach Couplings; and I do hereby de clare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has relation to the reaches for buggies and othervehicles, and the object thereof is to provide a simple, strong, anddurable coupling at the rear or back end of the reach with the axle ofthe vehicle and the invention consists in a coupling constructedsubstantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described andclaimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a front view of a portion of the rear axleof a vehicle, showing the manner of coupling the reach thereto, thecoupling end of the reach being in section. Fig. 2 is. an elevation,partly in section, showing the reach and axle; Fig. 3, a plan viewshowing the axle and coupling; Fig. 4, a horizontal section thereof;Fig. 5, a plan View, on a reduced scale, showing the axle in brokensection and the two reaches connected thereto by my improved coupling;Fig. 6, a modification in the manner of connecting the coupling-shank tothe end of the reach.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the rear axle of a buggy orother vehicle, and B the reach, of any desirable construction, butpreferably tubular, as shown. The axle A, which may also be of anypreferred construction, either round or other form, has a dovetailmortise a, into which fits a dovetail head b, formed upon the end of ashank C, which shank is suitably connected to the end of a tubular orother form of reach B by entering the tubular end of the reach andsecured thereto by pins 0 or other suitable fastenings, as shown inFigs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, or the shank may be formed as indicatedin Fig. 6 of the drawings and secured by bolts 01 and nuts e. 7

I do not wish to be understood as confining my invention to any specialmeans of con with its dovetail head I), is constructed, preferably, ofsteel or iron. This dovetail mortise a and dovetail head I) are made tonicely fit each other, and when the head is driven in the mortise itwill fit tightly, and afterward the whole is brazed together, as is alsothe reach with the shank. The reach may be of any preferred form andconstruction and either tubular or solid and of metal or wood, as founddesirable.

Having now fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A coupling for vehicle-reaches, consisting of a dovetail mortise anda dovetail head fitting therein, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2. In a vehicle reach coupling,'a suitable axle havinga dovetailmortise, and a reach and a shank suitably connected thereto, said shankhaving a dovetail head adapted to fit in the dovetail mortise in theaxle, substan tially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a vehicle-reach coupling, a suitable axle having a dovetailmortise, a tubular reach, and a shank fitting therein and securedthereto, said shank having a mortisehead adapted to fit the mortise inthe axle, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed myname inthe presence of two witnesses.

' DUDLEY JEFFERSON MARS'lON. Witnesses:

ANNIE M. WALLAoE, EDWARD P. WALLACE.

